BXBX NOVEL Chapter 185: 185、Cao Mengde_1
“Indeed, I am Cao Cao,” the old man readily admitted.
However, the look he gave Su Yu was somewhat surprised, “How did you recognize me?”
“Simple,” Su Yu smiled. “I like to browse the official forum of ‘Evolution’ when I’m free. I’ve seen a user with the ID ‘This Humble Cao Mengde,’ which I assume is you, Prime Minister? I once visited this user’s homepage, and the photo there was of you.”
“Haha, that’s me!” Cao Mengde stroked his beard and laughed heartily. “Those little rascals in the forum refuse to believe that I am Cao Cao. Even when I posted my own photo, they didn’t believe me. But you, my friend, have a keen eye. A reward is in order!”
With that, a transparent jade vial flew out of his wide sleeve and landed neatly on the table in front of Su Yu.
“This is a ‘Relax and Activate’ pill. It may be of no use to you, but if given to your family members, they could cure all sorts of diseases and add 50 years to their lifespans.”
“Thank you, Prime Minister!” Su Yu thanked with a fist in palm salute.
Su Yu didn’t know much about Prime Minister Cao Cao in his previous life.
There are two types of ancient powers that have revived.
The first type lives an isolated life from the world and only speaks ancient language, making it hard for modern people to understand them except through written communication.
The other type is like Prime Minister Cao Cao. They are deeply embedded in the world, not only do they speak fluent Mandarin, but they also frequently experience the latest human technology and play the newest games.
Unfortunately, powers like Prime Minister Cao Cao are rare, and they only make up about 20% of the total.
According to Su Yu’s memories from his past life, there was a user with the ID ‘This Humble Cao Mengde’ in the official forum of ‘Evolution’ who frequently posted and claimed to be Cao Cao.
Of course, the other users didn’t believe him and made sarcastic remarks towards him, like they did with Kong Yiji.
On June 1st, 21 years ago, which was the day when humans and Skurus officially went to war, ‘This Humble Cao Mengde’ made a post on the forum, stating that he was going to take action.
But with the world in chaos, nobody had the mood to reply to his post.
Later, Prime Minister Cao Cao appeared in people’s sight, raided a large Spiritual Spring Eye, killed three 6th grade Sanctuary Skurus, and eventually died in that battle, disappearing after merely making a brief appearance.
After that, the avatar of ‘This Humble Cao Mengde’ never lit up again. The relevant departments cross-referenced his last post and confirmed that he was the real Cao Cao and announced it publicly, causing quite a stir domestically.
But in this life, things seemed to have changed a lot.
In his previous life, Prime Minister Cao Cao never contacted the government for some unknown reason.
But in this life, Prime Minister Cao Cao has already appeared in the relevant departments, obviously starting to cooperate with the government, which is completely different from his previous life!
But thinking of everything he did since his rebirth that could have caused a huge butterfly effect, the divergence of this world line from the previous one was quite normal.
However, Su Yu still planned to ask just to confirm, “Prime Minister, is the reason for your coming out of the mountain because of the Spiritual Energy in Yunlu Mountain’s Spring Eye?”
“Of course, what else could it be?” The prime minister laughingly admitted. “The exhaustion of spiritual energy has really screwed us old fellas over! We need to absorb a large amount of spiritual energy to recover our strength. I heard that the government has secured a Spiritual Spring Eye, so here I am!”
“So how much strength do you have left, Prime Minister?”
“As of now ” The prime minister slowly replied, “I only have about one percent of my peak strength left, roughly equivalent to a cultivator who has just entered the Formation Period.”
“I see,” nodded Su Yu.
Most cultivators in China choose to follow the path of cultivation, which is divided into eight stages: Turning Phase, Fusion, Heart Activation, Gold Pill, Primordial Spirit, Spirit Separation, Integration, and Great Vehicle.
These basically correspond to the level one to eight in ‘Evolution’.
The Prime Minister is now at the Gold Pill stage, equivalent to a level four power.
“Let’s all sit down and talk,” Commissioner Zhang gestured for Su Yu and Prime Minister Cao Cao to sit down.
“Thanks,” quickly sat down on the leather chair.
He saw a cup of water on the table in front of him and unconsciously picked it up, intending to have a sip to calm himself down.
But just as Su Yu picked up the cup, Zhong Feng’s face changed and he quickly ran to stop him. “Wait, you can’t drink that!”
“What’s wrong?” Su Yu was taken aback.
But he immediately found out why – because this cup of “water” was emitting a strong smell of alcohol.
Zhong Feng apologized, “Here’s what happened. When you and Wen Li were not here, we hurriedly met with an international friend. Considering this friend’s preferences, this cup was specifically prepared for him. Vodka, 56 degrees.”
Su Yu: ” ”
Hearing the word “Vodka,” he had a good guess as to which country’s friend it was.
Commissioner Zhang also nodded, interlaced his fingers on the table. He spoke earnestly,
Due to the Spiritual Spring Eye in Yunlu Mountain, many ancient powers have emerged, including many international friends, such as the one we just met.”
But sadly, the yield of the Spiritual Spring Eye in Yunlu Mountain is not enough, we can’t fully exploit it due to international pressure. The spiritual energy produced from the Spring Eye is not sufficient, this problem often troubles me.”
With that, he sighed slightly.
“Since it’s not enough, how about we take back another Spiritual Spring Eye?”
As he spoke, several beams of starlight converged in Su Yu’s hand and gradually condensed into a parchment scroll radiating a faint magical aura.
In an instant, all eyes in the meeting room focused on the scroll.
Zhong Feng took a deep breath, “Nemesis, do you intend to use the scroll to take back a Spiritual Spring Eye?”
“Of course! And we need to act quickly. The earlier we take it back, the more resources we can get.” Su Yu was resolute.
Commissioner Zhang started to contemplate, his hand on his chin.
However, after less than half a minute, he made a decision, “Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, Su Yu, I support your decision. Have you decided on which Spiritual Spring Eye to capture yet?”
“Not yet,” Su Yu shook his head. “I’m not sure about the situation inside the Spiritual Spring Eyes, I need your help with that. But let’s make one thing clear in advance, I want fifty percent of the spiritual energy from the Spring Eye!”
Fifty percent of the spiritual energy from a small Spiritual Spring Eye plus the resources from the Mage Tower in the game would ensure a constant supply till his reach 5th or 6th grade, anything more would be a waste.
“No problem, I agree to your condition,” Commissioner Zhang accepted without hesitating.
Even if Su Yu wanted all of it, he would still agree without hesitation.
Then Commissioner Zhang turned to the two people next to him, “Zhong Feng, Wen Li, focus your work on Su Yu for the time being. Help him to the best of your abilities to make the most of the scroll.”
“Understood!” Xue Wenli and Zhong Feng got up, and solemnly accepted the order.